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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=carnivora

Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores

Authors: Samantha J. Ward, Geoff Hosey, Ellen Williams, Richard Bailey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play

2024

Whole versus chopped food: the bintu-right way to do it?

Authors: Alexander J. Vine, Amy Hammond, Georgia Abernethy Palmer, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Discover Animals

Keywords: arctictis binturong, carnivora, chopped food, food particle size, wildlife park, zoo

2024

The welfare problems of wide-ranging Carnivora reflect naturally itinerant lifestyles

Authors: Miranda Bandeli, Emma L. Mellor, Jeanette Kroshko, Hafiz Maherali, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Royal Society Open Science

Keywords: captivity, carnivora, choice, control, welfare, zoos

2023

Communication from the Zoo: Reports from Zoological Facilities of the Impact of COVID-19 Closures on Animals

Authors: Violet Hunton, Jessica Rendle, Anne Carter, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: communication, COVID-19, keeper-animal interactions, social media, visitor–animal interactions, zoo closures

2022

Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare

Authors: Lance J. Miller, Jamie A. Ivy, Greg A. Vicino, Ivana G. Schork

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, infant mortality, offspring production, pacing, reproductive success

2019

Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019

Big city life: Carnivores in urban environments

Authors: P.W. Bateman, P.A. Fleming, S. Le Comber

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: adaptation, carnivora, urbanization

2012

Individual differences in stereotypic behaviour predict individual differences in the nature and degree of enrichment use in caged American mink

Authors: Jamie A. Dallaire, Rebecca K. Meagher, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, environmental enrichment, establishment, individual variation, motivation, stereotypic behaviour

2012

The effectiveness of indigestible markers for identifying individual animal feces and their prevalence of use in North American zoos

Authors: Grace Fuller, Susan W. Margulis, Rachel Santymire

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: endocrine research, fecal markers, zoo survey, zoological parks

2011

Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo-only and on supplemented diets

Authors: Tommy G. Finley, Robert S. Sikes, Jennifer L. Parsons, Brian J. Rude, Heidi A. Bissell, John R. Ouellette

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calorie, carnivore, digestibility trials, extraction, nutrition, supplements

2011

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